{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1824621,"song":"Red Haired Mary","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11403012-red-haired-mary-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1824621?type=chord","rating":4.50419,"votes":12,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile going to the fair in Dingle one fine morning last July[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd walking down the road before me a red-haired girl I chanced to spy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeep your hands off red-haired Mary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer and I are to be wed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWe're seein' the priest this very morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTonight we'll lie in the marriage bed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Come ride with me my red-haired maiden, the donkey he will carry two,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe looked at me with eyes atwinkle, her cheeks a lovely rosy hue.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Thank you kindly, sir,\" she answered, then she tossed her bright red hair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Seeing as you have the donkey I'll ride with you to the Dingle Fair.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeep your hands off red-haired Mary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer and I are to be wed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWe're seein' the priest this very morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTonight we'll lie in the marriage bed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWhen we reached the town of Dingle, I took her hand to say goodbye,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA traveller he stepped up behind me and hit me right in my left eye.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I was feeling kind of peevish, my poor eye felt sad and sore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI tapped him gently with my hobnails, and he flew back through Murphy's door.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeep your hands off red-haired Mary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer and I are to be wed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWe're seein' the priest this very morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTonight we'll lie in the marriage bed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe galloped off to find his father, the tallest man I e'er did meet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe tapped me gently with his knuckles, now I am minus two front teeth.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRound the corner came a peeler, told me that I'd broke the law[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe donkey kicked him in the kneecap, he fell down and broke his jaw.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeep your hands off red-haired Mary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer and I are to be wed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWe're seein' the priest this very morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTonight we'll lie in the marriage bed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]C[/ch] \r\nNow the red-haired girl she kept on smiling, \"I'll come along with you\" she said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"We'll forget the priest this very morning, and tonight we'll sleep in Murphy's shed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeep your hands off red-haired Mary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer and I are off to bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch] \r\nForget the priest this very morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTonight we'll lie in Murphy's shed.[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}